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Sean Penn’s Ukraine Documentary ‘Superpower’ Debuts for Free on YouTube
Sean Penn’s Superpower is free. The Oscar winner’s two-hour documentary on Ukraine has entered a one-year contract to stream free of charge beginning today — in the United States and its territories including Bermuda — on the Paramount+ YouTube channel. The Paramount+ original doc Superpower chronicles Ukraine’s fight for freedom from invading Russian military forces […]
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YouTube Stars Rhett & Link to Launch Comedy Series ‘Wonderhole’ in August (Exclusive)
YouTube stars Rhett & Link are expanding their content in the comedy space. The duo, who host Good Mythical Morning and own Mythical Entertainment, will launch a new comedy series on their Rhett & Link YouTube channel in August. The new series, Wonderhole, “combines docu-comedy, sketch comedy, original music, visual FX, celebrity cameos, and outright […]
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Disney Holds Steady as Top TV Programming Distributor in May
Disney kept a lock on the top spot as the media company responsible for the biggest share of TV viewing in May. That’s according to Nielsen’s second Media Distributor Gauge, which looks at how TV use stacks up by company. Disney’s 11.4 percent of all TV use in May includes viewing on ABC, ESPN, FX, […]
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YouTube Adding Feature to Let Users Contribute Notes Providing Context to Videos
YouTube is making a significant addition to its product, in the middle of a contentious presidential election year. The streaming video platform will let users attach notes to videos, allowing them to add context to viewers. “For example, this could include notes that clarify when a song is meant to be a parody, point out […]
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Details Emerge in Accidental Death of YouTube Creator Benny “Comicstorian” Potter
Ben Potter, the late YouTube personality known for the audio dramas that he created from comic books, died in a single-vehicle car crash, according to statements released this week by local and state officials in Colorado. Potter’s death on Saturday was announced on X, formerly Twitter, by his wife, Nathalie, who asked for privacy while […]
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Ben Potter, YouTube Creator Known as Comicstorian, Dies at 40
Ben Potter, a YouTube personality known for the audio dramas that he created from comic books, has died. He was 40. The content creator died Saturday after “an unfortunate accident,” his wife, Nathalie Potter, shared on his X (formerly Twitter) account. She did not provide any details. Known to his 3 million followers as Comicstorian, […]
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YouTuber Dhar Mann Inks Deal With Studio71 (Exclusive)
YouTuber Dhar Mann has signed an advertising partnership with Studio71. As part of the pact with the global media company, Mann will look to further monetize his popular YouTube videos with the help of Studio71, which has relationships with some of the largest brands and ad buyers worldwide. “Dhar has built an impressive content operation […]
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Wanna Go Viral? Dare to Take a Seat on Shannon Sharpe’s Couch
Shannon Sharpe arrives promptly at noon at the South Beverly Grill, a short drive from his home in Holmby Hills. He is 6-foot-2 and 230 pounds, a wall of muscle sheathed in black athleisure wear. He slides into his favorite booth, orders a cranberry ginger ale and offers a hello — friendly but guarded — […]
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The Try Guys’ Next Act: A New Streaming Service, in a Shift from YouTube
The Try Guys have made careers on YouTube by, well, trying new things. That has included unique experiences, eating entire menus, social experiments, baking and cooking competitions, and other formats that have helped deliver more than 8 million YouTube subscribers, and millions more on other social platforms. Now, the group is trying arguably their biggest […]
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Inside YouTube’s Brandcast: Billie Eilish, Roger Goodell, AI Talk and Lots of Creators
If there has been a consistent message from YouTube over the past couple of years, it has been built around its vast ecosystem of creators. More recently, that has been joined by artificial intelligence, with the Google-owned video platform rolling out generative AI tools for creators, and for advertising partners. So it is no shock […]
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Disney Grabs Highest Share of TV Viewing in April — With YouTube a Solid Second
New data from Nielsen shows that Disney grabs the biggest share of TV viewing among all media companies in the United States — and has for the past six months. In addition to its monthly Gauge rankings of viewing by platform (streaming, cable and broadcast), Nielsen is also providing a monthly look at TV usage by […]
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YouTube CEO: It’s Time for the Emmys to Embrace Creators (Guest Column)
It’s time a creator won an Emmy. You might not expect MrBeast to stand on the same stage as Jeremy Allen White. But if you think creators are just recording vlogs from their bedrooms, then I have some big news. Creators have writers’ rooms, production teams, and business strategies. They’re developing programming that’s not just […]
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